The Nostalgia of Throwing Old Running Shoes Away

And how you can move on from them

Photo by Florian Schmetz on Unsplash

There’s some type of special relationship I have with my running shoes. When they’re too worn out and it’s time to get rid of them and move on to the next pair, it’s hard to throw them away.

The most recent pair I tossed are the same shoes I used during my first ever college cross country season as…